Bear
Giclée
Edition 200
Released January 2010
Primary: Available
At first glance, a bear appears to be too large to be fast and ferocious. Lumbering around, they may choose to eat berries instead of hunting down a meal. When threatened, however, bears will not hesitate to show their other, more lethal, personality. Mothers, in particular, will fight tooth and nail to defend the life of her cubs. The last thing a threat may see is a curl of a lip, the swat of a paw and the flash of her claws.
Covered head to toe in protective gear, a hockey goalie lumbers out of the dressing room encumbered by huge pads and gloves. While they may not be able to cover a great deal of ice quickly, the net is an area that is rigourously defended. A goalie shows skill by falling to the ice or swatting the puck away with a poke check. Under attack the play is often ended with the raising of an arm and a flash of leather.
I’ve chosen to include this print in the Spirits of Snow & Ice Collection which pays homage to the winter sports that take place in my hometown and all over much of British Columbia. The background image of the bear is done in respect of my Coast Salish ancestry and represents a spindle whorl design. The spindle whorl, I feel, is the perfect metaphor for weaving together our worlds.
The prints in this series bring together the four worlds present in our First Nations belief structure: The sky world represented by the dawning of a new day. The land world to which all the athletes in these images belong. The sea world evoked through the frozen waves of snow & ice. The spirit world guiding the athletes and giving them the characteristics of our sacred animals.
Article from examiner.com:
Andy Everson gifts hockey “Bear” print to CNN President at 2010 Winter Games
Andy Everson gifts hockey “Bear” print, a silhouette of a goalie with an Aboriginal background bear design to CNN President. He has been invited by CNN to interview nightly for a different art print from his “Spirits of Snow & Ice Collection” to feature the various Olympics winter sports at Canvas Lounge, located at 99 Powell Street.
Canvas Lounge and JetSet Crew have joined forces to create the ultimate victory parties and media interviews for celebrities and Olympic athletes during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
APTN and Global TV also interviewed Andy at the Pan Pacific Aboriginal Pavillion for his “Spirits of Snow & Ice Collection” as it captures the essence of 2010 Winter Games for both sports and culture.
Andy Everson is the Ambassador for Aboriginal Tourism BC and Pan Pacific Aboriginal Pavillion. His “Raven” art print was presented to Alex Bilodeau for winning a gold medal for Canada at the Pan Pacific. CanSkate also purchased a number of his skating prints for their athletes, including Special Olympics.
About “Bear”
At first glance, a bear appears to be too large to be fast and ferocious. However, when threatened, bears will not hesitate to show their other, more lethal, personality. Covered head to toe in protective gear, a hockey goalie lumbers out of the dressing room encumbered by huge pads and gloves. While they may not be able to cover a great deal of ice quickly, the net is an area that is rigourously defended. A goalie shows skill by falling to the ice or swatting the puck away with a poke check. Under attack the play is often ended with the raising of an arm and a flash of leather.
About “Raven”
In Northwest Coast mythology, the raven is often labelled the “trickster.” The raven is often portrayed as mischievous and always getting into trouble. Freestyle skiers are the tricksters of the slopes. They approach moguls and jumps with an insatiable quest for doing the impossible. Daffys, Cossacks, Backscratchers, and Iron Crosses are common in their parlance. They fly through the air, contorting their bodies to turn in ways that look unnatural. Their knees absorb the pounding of the moguls as they make their way downhill. (See Andy Everson’s “Raven” print.)
Andy is performing tonight at the Roundhouse for The Talking Stick opening gala with his Le La La Dancers troupe. Visit www.fullcircleperformance.ca for more information.
http://www.examiner.com/x-26341-Vancouver-Contemporary-Art-Examiner~y2010m2d21-Andy-Everson-gifts-Bear-Print-to-CNN-President-at-2010-Winter-Games
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